Getting Started
One account, every device.
Sign up with email or Google, confirm your address, and get back in when a password goes missing. Everything the account pages do, in the order you'll meet it.
Sign up with email or Google, confirm your address, and get back in when a password goes missing. Everything the account pages do, in the order you'll meet it.
The calculator itself never asks you to sign in — an account is what turns a one-tab session into a brand saved in the cloud. This tutorial walks both doors in: the email form with its password checklist and confirmation step, and the one-click Google route. It ends with the two things everyone eventually needs — getting back in, and fixing the snags.
Go to alculator.io/sign-up. Either enter your email and a password that satisfies the three-item checklist and click Create your free account, then click the link in your confirmation email — or click Continue with Google and skip the email step entirely. First time in, a short profile step asks who you are; after that, you land on your dashboard.
You don't need one to price. The free calculator runs anonymously for up to 8 SKUs, and if all you want is a shelf price, stop reading and go use it — the Quick Start has you covered.
An account earns its place the moment your model is worth keeping. Signing up saves your work to the cloud as a brand, so the model you built on your laptop opens on your phone in the distributor's parking lot. It also unlocks the dashboard — the home for every brand you manage — and lifts the anonymous 8-SKU cap. The account itself is free, with no credit card required; paid plans layer on top when you need them (see pricing).
The sign-up page asks for exactly two things: an Email and a Password. The password field has an eye icon to show or hide what you're typing, and a three-item checklist beneath it that ticks off live as you type:
All three must be met before the form will submit. Click Create your free account and the page switches to a Check your email screen: a confirmation link is on its way to the address you entered. Click that link and you're in — Alculator confirms the address and drops you on the profile step (or straight to the dashboard if your profile is already filled in).
If the email doesn't show up, the confirmation screen has a Didn't get it? Resend email button. Resends are limited to one per 60 seconds, and the page tells you how long to wait if you click early. One more guardrail worth knowing: if the address already has an account, the form stops with "An account with this email already exists" — head to sign-in instead.
Both the sign-up and sign-in pages carry a Continue with Google button above the email form. Click it, pick your Google account on Google's own screen, and you bounce back to Alculator through a brief "Signing you in…" page. No password to invent, no confirmation email to wait for.
Where you land depends on whether Alculator has seen you before. First-time Google users get the profile step; returning users go straight to their dashboard. And if you change your mind on Google's consent screen and decline, nothing is shared and nothing is saved — the page says so and offers you the way back to sign-in.
Every new account — email or Google — passes through one short page: Tell us about yourself. It asks your full name, an optional company name, and which seat you occupy in the three-tier system: Supplier / Brand, Distributor, Retailer, or Other. It personalizes your experience, and there's a Skip for now button if you'd rather get to the dashboard.
The sign-in page mirrors sign-up: Continue with Google up top, email and password below, and a Sign in button that takes you to your dashboard. If you're already signed in and land on the page anyway, it skips itself and redirects you there.
Sessions persist in your browser, so on your own machine you sign in once and stay signed in across visits — no daily login ritual. When you do want out (a shared computer, say), open the avatar menu at the top right of any page and click Sign Out. Signing out on the calculator page returns it to its anonymous state; signing out inside the app returns you to the home page. Curious what's waiting behind the login? The dashboard tour walks the whole workspace.
Forgot yours? The reset lives on the sign-in page, and the order of operations matters:
One caveat: password resets are for password accounts. If you signed up with Google, there is no Alculator password to reset — more on that below.
The confirmation email never arrived. Check spam first — the resend button's own success message reminds you to. Then use Didn't get it? Resend email and wait out the 60-second cooldown between attempts. If you suspect a typo in the address itself, the cleanest fix is to sign up again with the correct one.
You can't sign in yet. An email account isn't active until you've clicked its confirmation link. If sign-in keeps failing on a brand-new account, go back to the confirmation email before assuming the password is wrong.
Wrong door: you joined with Google but are typing a password. A Google account has no Alculator password, so the password form — and the reset flow — can't help. Click Continue with Google instead; as a returning user you'll go straight to your dashboard.
Google sign-in was interrupted. If the round-trip to Google fails or you decline consent, Alculator shows a plain "Sign-in didn't complete" page. Nothing was saved; use the Back to sign in button and try again.
Email or Google — either way, the account is free and takes under a minute.
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